West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-05-05

YOU what Young man will reach ruin, imam
Cial aud moral ~ Is tho young man who
thrustS his tumb into mis- Ses' aud says: mo
body will dictate 60 mo- l ann my OWL frfaster;
J Will not submit 60 tho regulations OF this
house Between an establishment i'm which
all the employees are under thorough disci-
pline and tho establishment m which tho en-
ployeSS do about rs they choose, is tho differ
ence between success and failure-hctwcou
tapid accumulation and utter bankruptcy.
DO not cbms 20 tho store ten minutes after
the time DO not think anything too insig-
uiticant to do well DO not say; Its only
Just once" From tho most important trans
action in commerce down to the particular
style I'M which YOU tic a string around
bundle, obey orders. DO not get easily dis
eustcd. While others in tho store may
lounge, or fret, OF ctimrla'n, YOU so with
ready hands, and cheerful face; ard csr,tented
spirit To your work. When tho bugle sounds;
the good soldier asks no questions, hut shout
dcrs his knapSack, fills his Cantoen and listens
Tor the command of March, DO not get
tho idea that your interests and those OF your
employer arc antagonists. His suvcess will
be your honor. His embarrassment will he
your dismay Expose mono Of tho frailties
OF the firm Tell no store secrets DO NOT
blah Rebuff those persons who come 70
find out from clerks what ought never 10
known outside the store DO not be among
those young men who take ON a mysterious
air when something is said agdirst tho firm
That employs them, as much ms TO say: ~
N'hAA Ntll YOU NOnlC lnlllkN III L WOull, nut
won't DO not be- among those who imagine
they can build themselves up 10y pulling
somebody else down, BE not ashamed 10 bo
a Subaltern
Again | counsel clerks in this house TO
sarch out what are the unlawful and dis
honest domaiids OF an establishment and
resist them. In the six thousand years that
have passed, there hos never boon an occasion
when II was ones duty TO sin against God,
IL is never right to do wrong. II the head
men of tho firm expect OF YOU dishonesty,
dssappoint them. "O,n YOU say, Il should
lose my place Them Better lose Your place
than lose your soul. But you will
not loso your place Christian heroism
head man Of your store, and say. "Sir,
S 70 eG Se8 81 hdEsPtS e. tn G my 6n E2u6 Il
this thing seems 10 me TO be wrong and IL Is
sin against my conscience II Is u sin against
God, and beg You, sir, 10 excuse mc.N He
may flush up and swear but he will cool
down, and he will have more admiration
NIT to his evil dictatiun, aud
while they sink, you will rise DO
not, because OF seeming temporary advnn-
tage, give up your character, young man.
Under God, that Is the only thing Won hnve
10 build on. Give mp that, YOU give up
everything. That employer asks n young
man TO hurt himself for time and for eternity,
who expects him 20 make n WRONG entry or
change an invoice, or say goods cost SO much
verdancy OF a customer, or misrepresent a
style Of fabric. How dare lac demand of YOU
anything so insoentl
There is one style OF temptation TINT comes
on great many OF our clerks, and that Is
upon those who are engaged in what Is called
drumming" Now, that occupation is Just
as honorable ms any other II 10 loo CON
Quoted ia accord with ones conscience. In
this day, when there hre so many rivaries I'm
business, all our commercial establishments
ought so have men abroad who are seeking
out opportunities of merchandise. There can be
no objection 20 that But there arc profcssed
Christian merchants in tho week night
prayer meeting who have clerks abroad in
Now York, conducting merchants OF Cincin-
natl, and Chicago, and St Louis through
the debauchcries Of tho great town, In order
to secure their custom for the store. There
are i'm stores in New York and BROOKLYN
which the clerks arc 10 go TO and get what
ever they want 10 conduct these
people through tho designations Of tho
city. Tho head men Of tho firm wink az IL,
and In some places actually demand it-pro-
tossed Christian merchants One would think
that tho prayer would freeze on their lips,
and they would fall bacl, dead at the sound OF
their own song. What chance IS there for
ments expect such things Of them7 Among
all things Internal I pronounce thnE
the most damnablc Young man, how
will that firm treat you when YOU
arc utterly dcspoiicd, and dragged out with
sin, going through the haunts of iniquity for
the purpose Of getting customers for their
storef How Will they treat yOul o. they
viii give YOU pension They will build You
fine house, They will got You horse and
Carriagel Will thew No Some dav Won
viii go 10 the store, shabby, intoxicated, worn
out in their service and they will say: "John,
you mr. n disgrace 90 our house. Now,
just look nj yourself Accountant, how
much do we owe this manyn "A dollar md
thirty Caute ~ OVAL fo.
dollar and thirty cents. Go Off Don't
hang around tho stOro Magnanimity superb
They stole the lustro from his cye and the
color from his check and the honor from his
soul, aud then they kicked him out. n such
profcesed Christian merchants do not 20
straight 20 hell, don't know any use Of hnv-
Ing such n place. Oh young mon disapuoint
the expectation Of that firm, disappoint those
customers, II tho-o things are expected OF you.
on may sell an extra case NJ goods YOU mny
sell on extra roll Of silk; but tho trouble b.
you may have 10 throw your soul 20 boot in
the bargain
Again. ! counsel all clerks to conquer the
TRIMS ~ their particular position. One great
trial for clcrksist the I'm consideration OF cust1m
eTs. There arc people who arc entirely DO
lite everywhere else. but grun and dictate
rial and contemplate when they come
into n store 30 buy ANYTHING There
are thousands of mon and women who &c
from store ~ store and price things, without
any idea ~ purchase. They arc not satisfied
until every roll Of goods is brought down and
they have pointed out al the real On imagin
airy defects. They try ON an kinds Of kid
gloves, and gtrCtcii Thorn out Of shane. and
they put on all styles n cloak and walk 10 th,
mirror 20 see how ~ would look. and thor
they sail out n tho store, saying. 'I vii
not take 10 today" which means
II don't want 10 at ALL leaving the clerl
amid wreck II ribbons and lncog. and
cloths, 70 smooth out five hundred dollars
worth Of ROOds-nOt one cent Of which did
That man OF woman buy or expect 81 buy
Now j call that dishonesty ON the part oi
The customer. ff n boy IuuI into store anil
t1kr roll of cloth gT the rpIutoraud sueaks
out into tho street you Hu join boo thc
cry uoi wcll. "Stop thief" Whom I
F" you CO into % store. not expecting tD buy
anything. bot % price THINGS stealing tie
Tam" Oi tur r'ork. and stealing fIo tiWo Of bis
employer. ] says TOO. stop thief" M + were
asked which class Of persons most nocl tho
Fincc of God amid th"Ir ouuoFaucos j would
say. Dry goods cierss AN tho Indignation
oi customers about thn high prices comes on
il' clerk. For instance a great war comes.
The uauufa"t0rirf orc closed The people
go of o. h1ttio. THO price Of goods runs
Up A customer come into q store Goods
/ nave gone up 'liow much is That worth T
- dollar "A dollar Outrageous a
doiarm Why, who s to blame fDr the fact
that i has got to be- n d0l'ort Does tho in
banks " the M0r.mHo. because they have
closed upf no. DOES The Indignation go out
toward the employer who is ont at bis c0un-
got zap Tho war He levied the taNosi He
u HHH. |.H. .HH.H. ID HaH